One of eight people who showed up...

LOTTERY PRIZE DISPUTE.

August 19, 1989

MINEOLA, N.Y. — LOTTERY PRIZE DISPUTE. One of eight people who showed up to claim a $24 million lottery prize last month is suing six of the others claiming they are not entitled to any of the winnings. James Macieko, 42, of Bellmore, contends that he and his fiancee, Catherine Salenga, 38, of Dix Hills, were the only winners in the July 12 drawing, the fifth-biggest in state lottery history. Macieko charged in court papers filed Thursday that he was threatened with the loss of the prize money to include the other six, all members of the Welsch family of New York, in the winning ticket. The Welsches deny the charge. Macieko is the former owner of the Liberty Card Store where the winning ticket was bought. He and Salenga sold the shop to brothers William, Frank and Joseph Welsch a year ago. The first of 20 yearly prize checks, which was to be sent this week, was ordered held by the court.